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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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